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The way people hold to the belief that a fun filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever atta

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问题    The way people hold to the belief that a fun filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
   As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.
   Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
   Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’ s sleep or a three day vacation. I don’ t know any parent who would choose the fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
   Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
What is the author trying to tell us?
选项 A、Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B、One must know how to attain happiness.
C、It is important to make commitments.
D、It is pain that leads to happiness.
答案A
解析 主旨题。选项B(我们必须知道怎样得到幸福)不够准确，文章一直在探讨乐趣、痛苦与幸福的关系。选项C(做出承诺很重要)不是本文强调的重点。选项D(是痛苦导向幸福)以偏概全，可以说幸福往往蕴含着痛苦，但不能说痛苦一定会导向幸福。选项A(幸福往往伴随着痛苦)符合文意，文章第一段最后一句表达了这个观点：使人们幸福的事情往往都包含一些痛苦，故本题选A。
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